Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I. Telephone Dial Pad 8 slides Copyright © Kenji Tachibana

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Design Work Experience: A programmer brought in an old fashion tree phone with a dial pad to show me what he wanted for an icon. As the Designer, I used my skill as a photographer to capture the dial pad to create an icon. I took it outside to the north side of the building to work with my favorite Open Shade skylight. Telephone Dial Pad:

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I On Location: 5 minutes With the ready-made perfect product shot light, the image was captured in less than 5 minutes. Telephone Dial Pad:

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop: This took a lot longer The center section needed a lot of clean up work. I decided to simplify the project by covering it altogether. Telephone Dial Pad:

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop: Creating metal I studied the dialing pad for the look & feel of metal. And I applied that to the new part. Telephone Dial Pad:

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop: Fine tuning moves… I carved letters into the metal surface using text with special effects. Telephone Dial Pad:

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop: Final touches… Making it less important… Telephone Dial Pad:

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Parting Thoughts: I am not allowed to show you The final icon. But I can say that it worked out very well. The story is what gave birth to This image. And the camera original was only the starting point. Your image will not be this heavily reworked but will be manipulated to tell your particular story. Telephone Dial Pad:

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